The is the first title in a two-book series covering German commanders of World War II. This first title covers distinguished Army commanders, ranging from the Generalfeldmarschall who commanded an entire army, through the Generals who commanded Divisions, down to the regimental and battalion commanders, providing an interesting look at the differences in various levels of responsibility. Famous leaders such as Rommel, Rundstedt, Model and von Manteuffel are all covered, and all the officers featured are holders of at least the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross for their distinguished leadership.
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The is the first title in a two-book series covering German commanders of World War II.
Introduction; Biographies: Rommel; von Manstein; Model; Schoemer; Rundstedt; von Kleist; Dieti; Guderian; Hube; Ringel; von Manteuffel; Cruwell; Eberbach; Scherer; Bayerlein; Bake; Niemack; von Opplen-Bronikowski; Remer; von Gaza; von Brese-Winiary; Bremm; Frantz; Jahde
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<b>This first of two studies examining the careers and illustrates the appearance and uniforms of 19 of the German Army’s leading field commanders in World War II.</b>

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781841765969
Publisert
2005-01-28
Utgiver
Vendor
Osprey Publishing
Vekt
250 gr
Høyde
248 mm
Bredde
184 mm
Dybde
7 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
64

Forfatter
Illustratør

Om bidragsyterne

Gordon Williamson was born in 1951 and currently works for the Scottish Land Register. He spent seven years with the Military Police TA and has published a number of books and articles on the decorations of the Third Reich and their winners. He is the author of a number of World War II titles for Osprey. Malcolm McGregor spent four years at art school and then went on to work in advertising for ten years. He started freelancing in 1966 and contributed uniform illustrations to Blandfords and several Orbis publications and also provided the figure paintings for War Monthly magazine. He has previously illustrated the three book series on the flags of the Third Reich for Osprey (Men-at-Arms 270, 274 and 278).